States Of The Mind, and Soul Series The Dhanb State ( Sin State ) (Please Note: Not To be Confused with US State Colleges) The sin state is the result of a prolonged Ghaflah State (oblivion), when we park idly in a ghaflah state, we become numb, our senses go to sleep, our reason takes a vacation, and presto, we find ourselves in the forbidden half side of the game of life. The referee ( angels, waves a red flag, and you are tagged) Sins are like gravity, if we let ourselves loose, it easily takes place,taking us down to lower layers of the soul, closer to the animal levels of intellect and uncontrolled desires, There are four major drivers for sins: 1. Anger 2. Lust 3. Greed 4. Pride 1. When we are angry and in the ghaflah state, we abuse others verbally or phyisically unproportionally to the annoyance that we felt, and at extreme situations we injure or commit murder. Therefore the way to control the result of the anger is to control anger itself according to the Hadeeth of the Prophet SAWS " Do not get angry" 2. When we are under the influence of the NIMA + Ghaflah states , abundant food, and good health and some money, and our desires are not safeguarded with Dhiker Control Systems, or fasting, our automatic desires pilot takes over our comprehension and we begin to use our hormones for thinking instead of our heads, this process of following the steps of Satan continues until Satan guides his victim step by step to commit a haraam action, and later convice his victim that they are now hopeless and bad, so contiue on this sinful track for a while. The sin here is a springboard to make a somersault to higher sins like shirk and kufr, acadanallaahu minhaa. 3. When we encounter the potential of making money, and we are in Ghaflah state, and we have dire need for money, we cross the decency line by stealing, cheating and in serious cases robbing or killing someone for the money. The last case is the sin we committed when we were hallucinated with Pride, this type, all Nomads are familiar with, I guess, it is what caused the Uncivil war in Somalia. So, if we do not repent from our sins what happnes? Well, first the angels log an error message on your file which usually is sent to the heavens twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays, at Fajr and Asr prayers respectively, so if you fail to settle the sin by making Istighfaar or Tawbah, the Constables on Patrol ( COP) angels will be looking for your tags, you are WANTED. So, when your file is reviewed, and it is deemed that you are a Muslim, the angels are instructed to serve you a regimen of punishment much less in proportion to the sin you have committed " Wa maa asaabakum min musiibatin fa bimaa kasabat aydiikum wa yacfuu can katheer" meaning, " Any misfortune that happens to you is what you have rightfully earned with your bare hands, yet, Allah had forgiven you the most of it" just like a judge reduces a traffic ticket as a mercy, but you do PAY, because if you do the crime, you do the time. So the way to handle your sins is first to be guardful, HAFEEDH, so you do not fall in it to begin with, however if you find yourself in the sin pit, don't just sit there, do something like repenting and sitihfaar, so you become AWWAAB, that way you are like Muhammad Ali getting up from the canvas after being hit by an stray right jab to the jaw. Now, Sins are two categories 1. Those we commit when we are well aware 2. Those twe commit when are not aware of The first category, we must immediatley repent, the longer we delay repentance, the more likelier that a misfortune will happen to us as a punishment for our sin The second type, we should always say " Rabbanaa laa tu'aakhidnaa in naseenaa aw akhda'naa" Our Lord do not hold us responsible if we forget ( and commit a sin) or if we mistakenly commit an error" we should always make Istighfaar, so that they wipe away ours sins since Allah SWT said, " Wa maa kaana Allah mucadhibahm wa hum yastaghfiruun" meaning Allah was not about to punish them while they actively seek forgiveness ISTIGHFAAR. So, what do you have to loose, continuesly say Istaghfirullaah, I tried it, you will be safe. Our sins affect the following: 1. Wealth, money, a sin logged on our record can earn us a punishment that hurts us, such as a loss of our money or our possession being stolen. etc. 2. Health, a sin logged on our record can earn us a punishment that hurts us such as getting sick frequently without suspecting that you are being cleared of your sisn which you take lightly, Allah SAWT says " Seek forgiveness from your Lord, ..He will further strengthen you with your strength" 3. Family, a sin logged on our record can earn us a punishment that hurts us, for example, your family and friends can drive you nuts as a punishment of your sins. 4. Depression. A sin logged on our record can earn us a punishment that hurts, in the from of depression, we find ourselves depressed without an apparent reason, then we go to Pizza Hut for help just to get heart from the large vegie pizza we ate to feel happy. So, if you continously make istighfaar, you will wipe out your sins before you pay the price, so you will have a trouble free life, a little paradise on earth, you'll be smiling all day and your friends would wonder what are you up to, but as Allah SWT said, " Seek forgiveness from your Lord, ...He will make you happy" " Yumattickum mataacan xasanan" Sins also withhold good things to happen to you (NIMA). So, if you continously make istighfaar, your sins are reduced and good things begin to flow your way like rain, money , good grades, and kids if you like to have some little anarchists at home. Allah SWT says " Istaghfiroo Rabbakum innahu kaana Ghaffaaraa, Yursili samaa calaykum midraaraa wa yumdidkum bi amwaalin wa baniin wa yajcallakum jannaatin wa anhaaraa" meaning, seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He is the often forgiving, He will pour down the rain abundantly, and he will provide you with wealth and kids, and He will provide you with gardens and flowing rivers ( from the down pour) See how many good things are your sins costing you? is it worth the price? take a pen and a paper and do Cost/Benefit analyses, it is more economical not committing a sin. So, if you are smart, you will stop thinking about sins, if you still enjoy your sins, let us visit the exciting horror show next ( No munchies allowed at this hall) If you get sick due to your sins, and have a large file of sins logged on your account, you will realize that your time has arrived, moment of truth is at hand, you begin to shiver and shake as death approaches , now you are at your death bed and the angels are administering you with a punishment of pain before you depart, your bed sheets are like Lake Michigan from your sweat, but this punshment is really good for you because it wipes a portion of your sins, it is easier to pay here than over there. Next, if you still have sins left on your file, Muslims will pray on your Funeral Janaazah, and the more people the better, so they will ask Allah SWT to forgive you, as a result Allah SWT will reduce your sins proportionally with the size of the attendants and their iimaan quality ( Watch out, your grandma in Garasbaalley sacrificing a camel to make a big funeral may not do the trick, if that was on your mind) Next, you find yourself in the grave, this is not the executive suites of Marriott at Maui, or the Shangrilla at Dubai, you are in dark pit buddy, accompanied by a terabit file that you never paid attention to, so the angels look at your file and when they see the remaining sins, the punsiment of the grave begins, the real horror show, you are the actor, and accordingly a lot of yours sins are settled here. Next, you hear the horn of the day of judgement being blown and you wake up, and follow the DAACEE, your leader angel, the driver and the witness ( Saa'iq wa shaheed) so you have to go throught the siraat, the straight narrow path, which is like the sobriety line test on which the police make drunk people walk on to see if they are balanced. So if you have been drunk with love of the worldly goods, you will fail this test and fall off to hell, otherwise, your sins will be waiting for you on the sides of the Siraat, depending on the severity of your sins, a corresponding hook bearing your name will be looking out for you, and will zapp you when you pass by, either tossing you below to hell or scratching you and causing you agony fear, here on the siraat more sins will be wiped out. Next, if you still have some sins left, you will fall in hell and the torture will cleansen you or your remaining sins. Now, that was some trip! init? So, is it worth fooling around yaa geelley Nomad? 2004 e-Nur Softwaano Series Contemporary Conveyer Of Eteranally Conservative Content e-Nuri is Powered By Quran and Sunnah

Nomads Life is like a dream, only in this dream we have control over our actions, if the dream was a screen, we are given a mouse to browse the screen, and make right judgements as we browse. So, can you share with us some of your dunyaa dreams, let us see the sacriest dream you had, like being force fed with a cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory while you are unable to resist. Nur

The second state of the mind as we discussed previously is the: The Dhanb State ( Sin State ) The sin state is the result of a prolonged Ghaflah State, when we park idly in a ghaflah state, we become numb, our senses go to sleep, our reason takes a vacation, and presto, we find ourselves in the forbidden half side of the game of life. Sins are like gravity, if we let ourselves loose, it easily takes place, and there are four major facors for sins 1. Anger 2. Lust 3. Greed 4. Pride 1. When we are angry and in the ghaflah state, we abuse others verbally or phyisically unproportionally to the annoyance that we felt, and at extreme situations we injure or commit murder. Therefore the way to control the result of the anger is to control anger itself according to the Hadeeth of the Prophet SAWS " Do not get angry" 2. When we are under the influence of the NIMA + Ghaflah , abundant food, and good health and some money, and our desires are not safeguarded with Dhiker or fasting, our automatic pilot takes over our comprehension and we begin to use our hormones for thinking instead of our heads, this process of following the steps of Satan continues until Satan guides his victim step by step to commit a haraam action, and later convice his victim that they are now hopeless and bad, so contiue on this sinful track for a while. The sin here is a springboard to make a somersault to higher sins like shirk and kufr, acadanallaahu minhaa. 3. When we encounter the potential of making money, and we are in Ghaflah state, and we have dire need for money, we cross the decency line by stealing, cheating and in serious cases robbing or killing someone for the money. The last case is the sin we committed when we were hallucinated with Pride, this type, all Nomads are familiar with, I guess, it is what caused the Uncivil war in Somalia. So, if we do not repent from our sins what happnes? Well, first the angels log an error message on your file which usually is sent to the heavens twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays, at Fajr and Asr prayers respectively, so if you fail to settle the sin by making Istighfaar or Tawbah, the Constables on Patrol ( COP) angels will be looking for your tags, you are WANTED. So, when your file is reviewed, and it is deemed that you are a Muslim, the angels are instructed to serve you a regimen of punishment much less in proportion to the sin you have committed " Wa maa asaabakum min musiibatin fa bimaa kasabat aydiikum wa yacfuu can katheer " meaning, " Any misfortune that happens to you is what you have rightfully earned with your bare hands, yet, Allah had forgiven you the most of it " just like a judge reduces a traffic ticket as a mercy, but you do PAY, because if you do the crime, you do the time. So the way to handle your sins is first to be guardful, HAFEEDH, so you do not fall in it to begin with, however if you find yourself in the sin pit, don't just sit there, do something like repenting and sitihfaar, so you become AWWAAB, that way you are like Muhammad Ali getting up from the canvas after being hit by an stray right jab to the jaw. Now, Sins are two categories 1. Those we commit when we are well aware 2. Those twe commit when are not aware of The first category, we must immediatley repent, the longer we delay repentance, the more likelier that a misfortune will happen to us as a punishment for our sin The second type, we should always say " Rabbanaa laa tu'aakhidnaa in naseenaa aw akhda'naa" Our Lord do not hold us responsible if we forget ( and commit a sin) or if we mistakenly commit an error" we should always make Istighfaar, so that they wipe away ours sins since Allah SWT said, " Wa maa kaana Allah mucadhibahm wa hum yastaghfiruun" meaning Allah was not about to punish them while they actively seek forgiveness ISTIGHFAAR. So, what do you have to loose, continuesly say Istaghfirullaah, I tried it, you will be safe. Our sins affect the following: 1. Wealth, money, we are punished by our money stolen, etc. 2. Health, you can get sick due to unfirgiven sins 3. Family, your family and friends can drive you nuts as a punishment of your sins. 4. Depression. So, if you contnously make sitighfaar, you will wipe out your sins before you pay the price, so you will have a trouble free life, a little paradise on earth. Sins also withhold good things to happen to you (NIMA). So, if you continously make istighfaar, your sins are reduced and good things begin to flow like rain, money and kids if you like to have some little anarchists at home. Allah SWT says " Istaghfiroo Rabbakum innahu kaana Ghaffaaraa, Yorsili samaa calaykum midraaraa wa yumdidkum bi amwaalin wa baniin wa yajcallakum jannaatin wa anhaaraa" meaning, seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He is the often forgiving, He will pour down the rain abundantly, and he will provide you with wealth and kids, and He will provide you with gardens and flowing rivers ( from the down pour) See how many good things your sins costing you? So, if you are wise, you will stop thinking about sins, if you still enjoy your sins, let us visit the exciting horror show next. If you get sick due to your sins, and have a large file of sins logged on your account, you will realize that your time has arrived, moment of truth is at hand, you begin to shiver and shake as death approaches , now you are at your death bed and the angels are administering you with a punishment of pain before you depart, your bed sheets are like Lake Michigan due to your heavy sweat, but this punshment is really good for you because it wipes a portion of your sins, it is easier to pay here than over there. Next, if you still have sins left on your file, the Muslims will pray on your Janaazah, and the more people the better, so they will ask Allah SWT to forgive you, as a result Allah SWT will reduce your sins proportionally with the size of the attendants and their iimaan quality ( Watch out, your grandma in Garasbaalley sacrificing a camel to make a big funeral may not do the trick, if that was on your mind) Next, you find yourself in the grave, this is not the executive suites of Marriott at Maui, or the Shangrilla at Dubai, you are in dark pit buddy, accompanied by a terabit file that you never paid attention to, so the angels look at your file and when they see the remaining sins, the punsiment of the grave begins, the real horror show, you are the actor, and accordingly a lot of yours sins are settled here. Next, you hear the horn of the day of judgement being blown and you wake up, and follow the DAACEE, your leader angel, the driver and the witness ( Saa'iq wa shaheed) so you have to go throught the siraat, the straight narrow path, which is like the sobriety line test on which the police make drunk people walk on to see if they are balanced. So if you have been drunk with love of the worldly goods, you will fail this test and fall off to hell, otherwise, your sins will be waiting for you on the sides of the Siraat, depending on the severity of your sins, a corresponding hook bearing your name will be looking out for you, and will zapp you when you pass by, either tossing you below to hell or scratching you and causing you agony fear, here on the siraat more sins will be wiped out. Next, if you still have some sins left, you will fall in hell and the torture will cleansen you or your remaining sins. Now, that was some trip! init? So, is it worth fooling around yaa geelley Nomad? 2004 e-Nur Softwaano Series We Attack Problems, not People

Luul sis You write: Originally posted by pearl: great topic!..learned alot.. i was wondering what is the islamic ruling on in-vitro, fertility drugs, artificial insemination and the likes.. Answer: Ours is a rather wild age, the age of Telecom, ( coversation from distance) , Distance learning, Telemedicine, telesurgery ( can you believe couple of years ago, a patient in Strasbourg France, was operated on, open abdomen, by a Robot directed by a Doctor in Manhattan by way of undersea fiber optic cables carrying SONET signals which in turn carried the Asynchronous Transfer Mode ( ATM) protocol, using an 8 Megabit bandwidth to transmit the video, voice, and data comprising, control system settings, Robot arm position and velocity matrices, and possibly a library of surgical procedures and processes. Now similarly your question is about distance conception, After chatting on line a couple may decide to have an e-marriage by an cerimony conducted by an e-Sheikh, an e- party is thrown where the attendance is virtual and multimedia across three continents, and the couple decide to have an intimate e-affair separated by the Atlantic, after which they go on line and send their egg and sperm to an e-bank, charging their Visa cards for the service, where their baby is conceived on a petri dish and sent back by FedEx to the mom and implanted in her womb, and in 9 months, she delivers her baby in her house when she visits www.midwifeonthego.com ,again charging her Visa card, and the father finally goes on line to chat with his distance wife and baby, while his distancemother in law looks on from Kurtunwaarrey, intereting times is ours. This is the trend and it sure needs a new Fiqh, to be safe, the best fatwa I can give to the Pearl of the Indian Ocean is I DON"T KNOW. Nur

Philospher King You write: Originally posted by Philosopher-King: I must say I subscribed to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence before I divorced myself of that school. Now I subscribe to the Ja'fari school of islamic jurisprudence. You are probably surprised that I consider Ja'fari to be a "madhab". Equally surprising, Jafar Siddiq was the teacher of all 4 Sunni Jurists (Abu Hanifah, Abu Maalik, Shaafi'i, and Ahmed Bin Hanbal). Abu Hanifah was a desicple of of Ja'far; Abu Malik was a student of Abu Hanifah; Shaafi'i was a pupil of Malik; and Hanbal was a student of Shaa'fii. Hence, my saying Ja'far was their mentor becomes clear. Also, is it crucial that muslims subscribe to a certain madhab or even "firqah" (sect). The prophet said that it is incumbent upon muslims to be in a "jamaacah" and whosoever does not belong to a "jaamcah" dies the death of "jahiliyaa". Does anyone know this hadith, please correct me if I have misconstrued it. Answer: Very interesting indeed, this explains! so you are a Shia Jacfari, IthnaaCashari, who believes that the Imaam Sadiq will appear after 1000 yeRS ABSENCE? HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THE ABOVE AND you being a person who qusetions everything unders the sun? by the way have you ever had a Muta marriage relationship? and how does your new madhab justify your fundemental doubts of the origins of Allah? Just curious Nur

Philosopher king A central principle in Islamic jurisprudence holds that apart from sexual and financial relationships, everything is halaal unless made haraam by a verse or a hadeeth sahih. ( For financial transactions and sexual relationships it is the opposite, everything is haraam unless it is made lawful by a verse or hadeeth sahiih.) Based on the above, fruits fall in the halaal categories so they do not need a verse to make them halaal, however, meats, specially those killed as sacrifice for false gods needed regulation, and it came down that the Mushrik killed meats were haraam while the Jews and Christians killed meats were halaal. Nur

Sundus sis As an amature vegetarian, ( I cheat periodically, but am strict when I travel)who shuns all red meat, aside from the problem of haram or halaal, let us talk about the benefits of going green in the non Muslim west. You see sis, animals raised naturally ( without growth hormones and antibiotics) and slaughtered Islamically are the best to eat and the healthiest, but the regular hamburger meats are the worst as they are mass produced and optimized to fit profitability charts not survivability of our hearts. So think going green to look healthy, clear and beautiful skin, good heart, and overall healthu body. Now, the issue of the meats eaten in Non Muslim countries is a devisive issue, let us see different points of view: 1. Those who say it is haraam: They quaote a verse in the Quraan in which Allah SAWT " Do not eat that on which the name of Allah was not envoked, as it is Fisq, and the devils ( humans, or jinn) inspire their allies to argue with you, and if you fall for their argument, you are Mushriks (polytheists)" They also say that the meat is not killed in islamic way, the cows are stunned, and killed while drowsey, a method that does not drain a lot of blood out, therefore, it is haraam, they say. They also say that the meats slaughtered in secular societies can not be considered that it is slaughtered by the people of the book, which is lawful for Muslims to eat, because, the Christian church no longer administers the salaoughter house. 2. Those who say it is Halaal: They say that Allah SWT made meats slaughtered by the people of the book ( Christians and Jews) halaal for Muslims to consume, and it does not matter whether they practice or are secular since at the time fo revelations, they pretty much acted the same way, so if it was lawful then, it follows that it si lawful now, they say. They concede that if it is known to you that the meat was not slaughtred by slitting the throat and letting the blood out, that it is haraam. They say that the Hadeeth of the Prophet SAWS when a group of companions questioned a meat that was broght to them by Christians, and they doubted if they have invoked the name of Allah as a blessing, the prophet SAWS told them, " you invoke and eat" Now there is a consept in Islam when there is controversy, one should always be conservative, so unless you are craving for Big Mac, I suggest that you go green all the way, and when you finally migrate to Somalia, you can enjoy the naturally tasting ( Dhaylo) meat and fresh camel milk, to feel like a true Nomad sister. " Wa Billahi Attowfiq" Means that nothing happens by coincidence, things fall in their proper places by design of Allah, so as Muslims we ask him to dispose our affairs the way we like. Rahiima sis you write: " May Allah give you all that you desire and much more." Jazaakellah Khairan sis. Nur

Sundus sis Jazaakellahu khairan for your sincere duaa, I can feel it sis, may Allah bless you too and grant you all of your khair wishes, and MORE, Mazeed. Ameenaha sis That is right, those who gather in good places like this page for the love of Allah SWT, they will inshAllah gather again under the Arshul Rahmaan in the day of judgement and beyound, and in Jannah, inshAllah we shall laugh our hearts out talking about evil doers and arrogant people who refused to surender willingly to their maker, denying alla along his existence and his justice, that day, we shall laugh about how subdued and funny they look and how their false hopes had gone with the wind that took their spirit and landed them in an environment that they were ill prepared to tolerate, but, that day, they would have no choice. Hot Chocolatta It is OK to like women, there is nothing wrong with that if you are a man, provided we enjoy their company according to the Sunnah of our prophet SAWS, that way, you can have your cake and eat it too. And as you've noted, good dreams are from Allah SWT, bad dreams are from Satan, and at times they are a warning signal to change your ways or else. Personally I like Hot Chocolates, chocolates from the ancient historic town of Brugge in Belgium and Peruggia in Italy, specially Bacci Perugina brand, they are delicious and halaal, Allah SWT says about women and chocolates: " Qul man xarrama zeenatallahi allatee akhraja li cibaadihi wal tayibaati mina rizq" Say who forbade the beauties ( Like women for men) that Allah created for his servants and the good tasting foods ( Like Bacci Perugina)" these goodies are for the believers in this life, but they are exclussive for the believers in the next life. May Allah SWT guide us to his pleasure. Amin Nur

Ameenah sis you write: " Nur, I watch this programme called Prabbles (sp) In the Quraan that comes on Iqra - where Young Muslims talk about lessons taught in Surah's each week - It would be nice if we did that sort of thing in SOL - beneficial and we'll get alot of reward for it .... what do you think folks? " You know what, this is a great idea, I always thought of a Quran Club here on Somalioanline, imagine a club that begins on this page and spreads like wild fire in few years, her is the motivation. The Club: Quran reading and understanding club The membership: open to all Nomads who can aceess the Forums or their families by proxy. The duties: 1. Each and every Nomad pledges to read a number of verses of Quraan on a daily basis, will report the progress to an online mentor in the Club. 2. Will report on a monthly basis 3 main lessons that helped her/him so it si shared ny others. etc. 3. Will recruit at least two members per month to join the Quran Club. Now if we start this club with 3 members, in one month we have 6, 12, 24, ...... or n*2, so at the end of 12 months we are a 24 member strong club, and that is the lowest of my expectations. Now, if you join early, you get a credit like the pyramid schemes ( AMWAY), you get a reward from Allah for all people who join and read Quraan, that way, whenever someone you hepled reads Quraan, you get an equivalent reward to theirs. This is the initial thought, let me knwo of your opinions. Nur

Salaams Nomads I am just reposting this thread I posted a while back in which I discussed about my drivers and attitude in carrying out my task here on Somaliaonline. I was hoping for interactivity but apparently the page was read but was not responded to. In any case I wanted to know how have certain topics of mine have helped you in the right direction, any question marks that they raised, or any unwelcome sensitivities they spouse. Again, this ha nothing to do with my person, only the topics and the common good. Your feedback is always appreciated Nur

Walaalo Nafisa I forgot all about this thread and discussion, the topic kinda swerved to a different topic than the original Duaa topic. So can you make a duaa for me when u read this post? yes you can call me Huunno, it is very walaalnimo in Islam, may Allah SWT make you happy in this life and the next. Miz Unique walaal InshaAllah, I will attempt to translate this piece when I have time, please remind me if I forget as my hands are full. Nur

Shifta bro Waiting for your return bro. accompanied by many little Shaifta clones, if that is what was on your mind! Nur

Sweet gal I enjoyed reading your essay, very pleasant and thoughtful, I particularly liked your analytic critique of below the surface and what is apparent, don't tell me that you are a Muhajir MQM girl? Sheikh Ibnul Taymiya, the great scholar of Islam in his book, " Iqtidaa siraadul Mustaqeem, mukhaalafatul asxaabul jaxiim" said something to the effect that Arab bashing is tantamount to hypocracy, as Arabs are intimately related to the Arabic language, the Arabic language being the language of the Quraan, thus, Arab hate is a concealed hate of Islam for some so called Muslims. I wonder if there is a statistic of the percentage of Arab haters who pray regularly, I bet they are below 15% You rarely hear the Arab bashers say " I hate Jews" because that statement would constitute the dreaded anti-semetism crime with all its previllages or the milder " I hate Americans" simply because, it is too strong a word to say about a nation he/she shares many ideals with, like his 7 Eleven corner store, so that leaves Arabs as a target of all Muslims frustrations, as if Arabs owe us something they did not deliver and therefore we should hate them for doing Nothing for Islam. " Yeah, they could share their oil wealth with us for starters" is one of the arguments I heard, but, do we share our Pakistani pistachios, or Somali coconuts with the Arabs? besides, what have we, the Non Arabs done for Arab causes that alleviated their plight? sadly we are all like sheep in disarray, finger pointing is the weapon of the weak, the helpless are accustomed to accuse each other, but blame ends with us all, collectively, Arabs included. To balance the statement out, let us remember that Arabs have given us Islam, through and Arab prophet , and Arabic Quraan, and Arabic Hadeeth, Arabic scholars in all disciplines of knowledge, Religion, Language arts, sciences, mathematics, astronomy, trade and the list goes on. Modern Arabs, have opened Islamic centers all over the globe, millions of non Arab Muslims are earning a living in the oil rich Arab country to support their families back home, albeit with sensitivities and accusations of injustice, and because of their efforts, and the efforts of non Arabs alike, Islam is flourishing in the west and the east. Thanks to the Arabs, Islam is the fastest growing faith and it is redefining the spiritual domain of the world. Nur

Rudy bro. don't let anyone let u down, u hear? as long as you are proud of your faith, any confusion can be cleared. Sheikh is a mountainous town in Somaliland, cool and nice, it is where the first Islamic preaching to the entire Somali people started, it was the efforts of Sheikh Yusuf Al Kownein and his son in law, Faqeeh Umar that made Islam an intimate character of the Somalis. So you should be proud of your origins, what is left to be seen , is how you can dig on your roots so you cab as good as your folks. Nur

Muthlima Queen Since you have arrived, in style I guess, do you have a boyfriend? and if yes how many?

Viking Bro. What a pleasant surprise! Nice to c u 2 here bro. Welcome, Alhamdulilah I found this Nomad site on the web. I pretty much feel at home here, I hope u also like it. Anyway, any surgery that puts a patient back to normal, no matter how deviate they were when they opted for such a deformation, is permitted in my opinion, and it is thus a medical in nature. This category includes kids who are born with a physical deformation like a split upper lip or any other type. Dixon Fahma1 Since this is the 21 century, you sure can break Islamic rules, but with a price tag, this program is called (SODom) SIN ON DEMAND, you select the sin you think you can get away with, that no one can catch you and punish you for, and then, you do it, who cares about what a crazy wadaad says anyway? After all this is the age of freedoms, we came a long way as a species, in California men are allowed same sex marriages, it is their bodies, their business right? and so are women, does this remind you of another time in history?( this is the same time cycle as 6000 years ago, in the townships of Soddom of Gomorrah when heterosexuals were thrown out of town) and before this century is over the progress of human freedoms will cover freedoms of nudity in public places, by next century and if you object, someone will say, " Wake up, this is the 22 century" and by then we are back at the Roman time, the more things change, the more they stay the same! Nur

Rudy br. Thanks Wishing you and all Nomads a new beginning in this new year 1425, and underwear for your icon at the least. A tail wiggling icon does not fit such a nice a dude like u who has so much under the hood. Waiting 2 c ur new icon! Nur

Baashi Bro. MaashAllah, your diligence is appreciated, I need mathematicians like you to crunch the numbers as i have written the theory in haste. As for the Raxmah factor, you may have overlooked my derivation, please refer back to see that I have written the following: " The Raxmah factor is NOT always active, ( we shall discuss what activates Raxmah later), that is why some people who may appear to you to be great Muslims may end up in hell, and vice versa. It is due to the Raxmah factor we are saved,not mere deeeds, because, without the Raxmah factor, no one will be saved. " I also wrote: " So, what happens when your sins and Hasanaat (good Deeds) are equal? Now if you find yourself at threshhold, the twighlight zone, you'd hope for another cooefficient to prod you up a little, I call it the heavyside coefficient, it is soo heavy, if you have a grain of iimaan, it will tilt your accounts towards the positive side ( Mithqala Dharra). The heavyside factor is : RAXMAH" So, The Raxmah factor ® is the Magic number, it is stealthy, it does not always appear due to our instantaneous state of the iimaand, it is iimaan dependent, and like you've wittfully postulated, it varies from 0 fro zero iimaan, to infinity in the case of those with iimaan who tolerated the path of Allah all their lives, as Allah SWT described them : " Innamaa yuwafaa assaabiroona ajrahaum bigheyri xisaab" meaning that the tolerant believers are rewarded infinitely, which says that due to the pain they tolerated, Allah SWT gave them infinite Raxmah which earned them infinite rewarrds. Allah further SWT says : " Wa Raxmatii wasicat kulla shey" meaning, " My mercy is infinite" With a catch! Allah continues in the same verse: " Fa sa ajcaluhaa lilladeena" I will make my Raxmah available for those who........" among many other conditions, follow the Messenger of Allah SWT, Muxammad, the illitrate whose name is mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel, " So, here is strong case for following the model of Muhammad SAWS, The Sunnah model for seeking the Raxmah factor, because Allah SWT says about Muhammad SAWS : " Wa maa arsalnaaka illaa Raxmatan lil caalamiin" meaning : We have not sent you except for the purpose of Raxmah for mankind" , We are also asked to make salaat on his soul to qulaify for Raxmah, The Messenger himself was ordered to: " Wa salli calayhim, inna salaatuka sakanun lahaum" meaning " Pray for them, your prayers are Serenity for them" , or Raxmah in our case. InshAllah I will post a special article on the Raxmah effect. Nur 2004 e-Nuri Corporation e-nlightening your minds

Athena sis It s interesting that you posted this topic as I was planning to post this topic from a different prespective than yours, from the prespective of our search for happiness and thus persuing it. As for medical reasons, I have no problem with it at all. As for the cosmetic reasons and surgery, I once saw an advertisement billboard in London in which a sad but fine looking lady was depicted. The sign read: Depressed? Consider a boob job. I said, No No No ....Please stop, u don't need a boob job, you need a to make Dhiker of Allah SWT, tasbeex, and tahleel, you need to get close to your maker, don't befriend Satan. Now, let us step back and see, the drivers for the depression of this woman, the drivers for the service provider, the manufacturer, the singles entertainment business, the music industry, the night life industry, the alcohol industry, the fashion industry, the perfect shape which include 36 size boobs. It is all materialistic drivers, not humane at all. Clearly, here we have a case of female exploitation, first the fashion industry sets the acceptable physical looks, they advertise it on posters, so any woman who does not measure up is left in the dust bin, men make women work for peanuts while they do the same work like men, and then, the fashion indsustry and cosmetic surgery business asks these poor women to pay the little they earn to pay for making them look acceptable to fasionable standards with implants the size of NBA basket balls, so she can turn few eyeballs in local pubs by her protruding boobs. The industry of plastic surgery is born out of the starkest model of female exploitation, by looking at women like a pleasure object, and as long as she has her youthful looks in tact, nice legs, straemlined coca cola shape curves, colored hairs, rose red oil dripping lipstics, then, she is good for a corporate secretary, so when she is conferring with her boss, she has to impress his eyeballs with her basketballs. Happiness starts and ends within, anyone who has to depend on exterior looks to feel happy has no Intel Inside, and if one fo these women stand close to you, you can hear the Indian Ocean, there is nothing, they have a vacuum that needs to be filled, but not with passing fads, they are in, for a long painful trip in life, and a terrible surprise in the next. For change, women should look up for their happiness, up to the heavens, beyound the blue membrane that hovers over our heads, that is where our salvation and happiness lies, look up to Allah SWT, who has honored women as the close companion of men. Lastly, for this suggestion to come from a woman, it shows that we are not doing a good job in educating our people about issues of the hour. Tampering with our bodies for cosmetic purpose is haraam by the Quraan and Sunnah and consensus of the scholars, Allah SWT relates in the Quraan about Satan's promise to mislead mankind in which Satan's stubbornly defies Allah SWT and threatens: " I shall order them ( Humans), and they shall obey me by altering the original creation fo Allah ( altering the body looks by body piercing and similar techniques)" The prophet SAWS in a Hadeeth reported by Aisha , RAA, compiled by Al Nassa'ee, had cursed those who perform these cosmetic surgeries and body piercing" The Messneger of Allah had cursed the tattoo making, body piercing artist, and their customer, the artificial hair weaver and their customer, the Naamisah ( shaving of the eyelids, xaajibs of the eyes and then painting them with color like punks) and their customers" Do not Follow Satan, Follow Allah SWT. Nur 2004 e-Nuri Qalbigeyga Syndicate. We attack Problems, Not Prople

e-Nuri Old Editions Imaan and Sins quanititaive Relationship Theory. Developed while shopping at a supermarket. I always look for a better way to explain the realtionship of iimaan with sins, sometimes I use analogy from the business world, sometimes from technology and science. I once observed that our faith can be viewed like business profitability. To be profitable a busines has to: 1. Increase it's profit margin 2. Reduce it's costs 3. Sell more products or services Today I will share with you my insights on how to reduce costs. If Islam is our business, Hasanat are our profit margins, then sins are costs or liabilities that need to be reduced for a profitable business. so yesterday, while day-dreaming between isles of a supermarket , I found the model of the relationship between iimaan and sins in order to control profitability of Islam as a business. Here is the model Alah SWT inspired me with: Most readers would recognize the meaning of sins, but iimaan may be kinda difficult to define, so please refer to my old posts, or in case you can not find them let me know, I will repost them again inshaaAllah. iimaan is inversely proportional to sins we commit, according to the following relationship: iimaan = 1 / ( Total sins) The higher your sins, the lower your iimaan reservoir gets. The lesser your sins, the higher your iimaan reservoir gets. Special case is when your sins are cleared on a daily basis by istighfaar and you have fractios left or decimals of sins in the denominator, then iimaan shoots up real high, so high, you begin to see concepts of iimaan much clearer like a soaring eagle. Allah says: " Inna Allaahu laa yahdii al qawmal faasiqiin" So if you want to increase your iimaan, just reduce your sins, and enjoy the happiness of increased iimaan. A good business venture. On the other hand, if your sins increase, they leave dark spots on your heart, your ( Truth Radar), Al BASEERAH, whose function is to help you see truth and follow it, and as they accumulate, they impair your judgement just like alcohol impairs your eye sight. iimaan is also related to Hasanaat ( Good Deeds) by the following relationship. iimaan = ( Ikhlaas coefficient) * hasanaat iimaan is directly proportional to hasanaat times an ikhlaas coefficient ( Sincerity), the ikhlaas coefficient is a multiplier of the hasanat, the higher your level of ikhlaas, the higher yield on a given hasanaat action, for example, according to a hadith, a salat performed alone while travelling on the road can earn you 50 times hasanaat due to the ikhlaas factor, since no one is observing you perform this prayer. So combining the two equations we have iimaan = ((ikhlaas cooefficient)*(Hasanaat) / ( Total Sins)) So, what happens when your sins and Hasanaat (good Deeds) are equal? Now if you find yourself at threshhold, the twighlight zone, you'd hope for another cooefficient to prod you up a little, I call it the heavyside coefficient, it is soo heavy, if you have a grain of iimaan, it will tilt your accounts towards the positive side ( MIthqala Dharra). The heavyside factor is : RAXMAH Continuation of Derivation: We derived the general equation of iimaan as a relationship of sins and hasanaat. we said that: iimaan = ((ikhlaas cooefficient)*(Hasanaat) / ( Total Sins)) (1) we further postulated that when your hasanaat and sins are equal, you need the Raxmah factor to kick-in so you can save your soul. so the new equation becomes: iimaan = (((ikhlaas cooefficient)*(Hasanaat) / ( Total Sins)) + Raxmah ) (2) The Raxmah factor is NOT always active, ( we shall discuss what activates Raxmah later), that is why some people who may appear to you to be great Muslims may end up in hell, and vice versa. It is due to the Raxmah factor we are saved,not mere deeeds, because, without the Raxmah factor, no one will be saved. Allah SWT says in suratul Faatir: " Maa yursilillaahu linnaasi mir raxmatin falaa mumsika lahaa" The Raxmah that Allah sends down to people can not be withheld by anyone" It is with this Raxmah that everything good is possible, with Raxmah, our life becomes bearable, our worries reduced our good actions multiply and generally we become more successful witout apparent reason. So how does the Raxmah factor play into this equation? Whenever we do a good deed, it is due a Raxmah from Allah that we : 1. Remembered to do it in the first place. 2. Were provided by the material means to earn such a reward The Raxmah factor is a gift from Allah SWT. It was reported that Messenger of Allah SAWS said no one enters Paradise with mere deeds, even him, unless Allah SWT encapsulates him ( YATAGHAMADUHU) with his RAXMAH. Now let us look at (2) iimaan is therefore a variable quantity, Allah SWT says in suurat Muxamad: "Wa ladiina ihtadow, zaadahum hudan, wa aataahum taqwaahum" "As for those who responded for the guidance (of Allah SWT), (Allah SWT) increased their (level) of guidnace in addition to providing them with a shield of protection from punishment (TAQWAA)" Here we find an amplification and feedback effect, good deeds result in elevated level of imaan, and conversely, an elevated level of iimaan results in better deeds and actions. (3) Likewise, bad deeds result in reduced level of iimaan, and reduced level of iimaan result in earning less hasanaat and more bad deeds. Allah SWT says about the companions who found themselves in distress during the famous Uxud battle after disobeying the orders of the prophet SAWS to stay their grounds: "Innamaa istazzallahumul sheitaanu bi bacdi maa kasabuu, wa laqad cafaa Allahu canhum" " Satan only caused them to sin due some of the bad deeds they have incurred, and Allah has forgiven them" So in general, humans are born with an imbedded level of iiman in the subconscious, it is called Fitra or like I coined it on this forum ( Default State) iimaan quantity. If a person therefore carries out good deeds, and seeks his maker sincerely (ikhlaas), his good deeds will finally lead him to Islam. A good example of this is when a Bedoun asked the prophet SAWS: O Messenger of Allah, before I became Muslim, I used to do good deeds, are these deeds counting for me? The Messenger of Allah SAWS answered him: " Aslamta, bimaa aslafta" meaning "It was those good deeds that led you to Islam". So good deeds are a ticket to finding out truth and Islam. In this thread we shall discuss, ways to decrease sins, increase hasanaat, and as a result increase iimaan, so that we can be guided to the straight path. Your questions and contributions are encouraged to make this discussion a success. Nur 2003 e-Nuri Mind Capacity Expanders ------------------------------------------------- We Attack Problems, Not People

Baby Gurl Off course it is all right to take off the Hijab, in the following situations: 1. With women 2. With Family ( Dad, brothers, uncles, grand dad) 3. When you take a shower or a bath alone 4. when you go to bed at night 5. When no strager can see you 6. Finally, when you find a husband, in this last case, not only is it encouraged to take the hijaab off, but aslo you get a reward for it in akhirah, and not only the Hijab, you are allowed to take everything off, because you are his clothes, and he is your clothes as Allah SWT says in Quraan : " Hunna libaasun lakum, wa antum libaasun lahunna" Everyone else, let them guess the hidden treasures benearth the Hijab, scare them off with stern look like the bald eagle, and like witty Bambina said, if you fall for this one, next thing may be that you are pressured to show, you know what! Nur

Athena sis Assalamu Calaykum wa raxmatullah wa barakaatuh How u been sis, good to hear u from again, how are sisters in Venus? I know love of Allah SWT makes that planet go around, anyway your vote is counted, and inshAllah, will do our best to e-nlighten the boards. e-Nuri = e-nlighten Nur

Norf Jazaakallahu Khairan, No pain , no gain, pressure build up naturally when I realize that my days on earth are decreasing, my wealth increasing, my good deeds dwindling, and my friendships swelling. I feel pressured to race against time to earn hasanaat, by sharing with you all what worked for me. Jaalle Qaxooti " Islam will be born again, with its birth, there will be labor pains" Islam is closing on tribalism sorcerer, as the sacred Qabil is running out of tricks, and inshallah, by diligently posting Islam, I think that more and more somlalis will revert back to islam from the current religion of the wholy Qabil. InshaAllah I will take your advice and post Qabil satirical posts. Nur

Nafta, (or should I call u Ruuxa or Dhiigga?) Just kiddin. I guess, we owe a lot to our parents, and if it was not for their TLC when were helpless little kids, we would not have amounted for much today, when they speak, we need to listen, even when they are wrong, they are still right except when they go against Islam, in which case we are still ordered to treat them well, but not to obey them in Allah's disobedience. Now, you may get mad and say, " but Its my friggin life, and my great cooley Dam choice" which is true, your choice could back fire on you and you may end up losing yur parents and your loved one for which you have sacrificed your parents, and then, what Nafta? You come back home broken, and subdued, to your childhood room, lifting the pieces of your life after a bad journey into the world of strangers, to realize that these parents are not dumb after all, it is their love for you that is in the way of your love to those you are attracted, but who may prove to be like a mirage one day. The way I reason is that one needs to prioritize her life, Allah being # One of our concerns, Parents being # two, and then our own wishes, but never put your desires ahead of those two priorities. One way to have your cake and eat it too, is to be very nice with your parents in the way you propose this new creature into their lives, just like a doctor preparing a patient for a tissue transplant to avoid tissue rejection, you have to prepare your parents for your choice, if you are tactful, and approch them with finnesse, you can win your parental approval and your love at the same time, The e-Nuri method of living a good life on earth and laughing all the way to jannah. Nur

Shifta Bro. Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool You are a natural indeed, you are officially inducted to the e-Nuri writers guild, your thoughts are awsome,descriptive, subliminal and provocative, thinking out of the box is the only way to see what is in the boxed up minds of Cag Bakayle and company's way of reasoning. The highest recognition and praise showered on Cagbakayle like you said, that he was " Najis Najis Dhaly, and Awoowgii La Gub" Geesi ah, oon il libiqsan, oo dhiig cab ah, what a great heritage is ours? and how brilliant are we folowing the footsteps of our forefathers? I really like that piece bro. more please, Nur